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Broward prosecutors and a judge will be in court Friday to clear the records of dozens of people convicted in the 1980s and 1990s in reverse drug stings involving crack cocaine that was manufactured by law enforcement.<\/p>\n

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A total of 42 people will have their records cleared during the hearing as part of a program launched in 2024 by the Broward State Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

Some of the people will be in court in person or by Zoom, while some live out of state or said they want to maintain their privacy.<\/p>\n

At least 10 have died but will have their records cleared posthumously, officials said.<\/p>\n

“This is long overdue, but it is never too late to do the right thing,” Broward State Attorney Harold Pryor said in a statement. “The methods that law enforcement and society used to combat drug dealing in our community have evolved since that time. These records may be a faded memory or an unfortunate part of history to many, but we know that they have had a long-lasting impact on the lives of the people who were arrested, their families, and our Broward County community.”<\/p>\n

According to prosecutors, Broward Sheriff\u2019s deputies had found about 2.2 pounds of powder cocaine in a Greyhound bus station locker and, in February 1989, BSO employees began to “cook up” crack cocaine to use in reverse stings between 1989 and 1992, the state attorney’s office said.<\/p>\n

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In 1993, the Florida Supreme Court ruled the crash manufactured by law enforcement couldn’t be used in reverse sting arrests.<\/p>\n

But during a routine review of public documents, the state attorney’s office found that hundreds of people arrested and charged in the stings may still have the arrests and convictions on their records.<\/p>\n

The process of reviewing the old paper records began in 2024 and is ongoing.<\/p>\n

To date, about 2,800 records have been preliminary reviewed and about half were already found to have not included the manufactured drugs, officials said.<\/p>\n

The remaining 1,400 or so cases are still being reviewed.<\/p>\n

“Though the convictions are old, there may have been ongoing repercussions for those individuals in terms of criminal records, getting employment, housing, etc.,” the state attorneys office said in a news release. “Prosecutors and staff will also work to determine individuals\u2019 eligibility to seal or expunge these records via the Florida Department of Law Enforcement\u2019s arrest sealing and expungement.”<\/p>\n

Anyone who may be impacted or have a family member impacted can contact the state attorney’s office at casereview@browardsao.com or call 954-831-6543.<\/p>\n

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